Rood End War Memorial is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 2016. War memorial.
Rood End War Memorial
- WRENN ID
- ragged-chalk-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Sandwell
- Constituency
- Smethwick MP: Gurinder Singh Josan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 May 2016
- Type
- War memorial
- Address
- Rood End War Memorial, Rood Primary School, Rood End Road, Oldbury, B68 8SQ
- OS grid reference
- SP 001 886
- Coordinates
- 52.49531, -1.99983
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rood End War Memorial is located in the south-eastern part of the grounds of Rood End Primary School, at the corner of Rood End Road and Gresham Road. The memorial features a dark granite shield-shaped tablet mounted on a large pale stone panel, which is set on a rectangular stone plinth that includes the monumental mason’s details. This structure rests on a concrete rectangular slab. The top of the panel is curved and displays a carved inscription that reads "PRO PATRIA MORI," with the dates 1914/1918 below on a small shield adorned with laurel leaves.
The main dedicatory inscription on the granite tablet, in black painted letters, states: "THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED TO THE UNDYING MEMORY OF HIS MAJESTY’S FORCES OF ROOD END, WHO HEEDLESS OF SELF, SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES THAT ENGLAND MIGHT LIVE" followed by a list of 29 names.
Local climate
Rood End War Memorial receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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